"Ms. (Pamela) Deguzman had been out at an unknown bar and when she came home to the Montalto address she saw her ex-boyfriend sleeping on the couch," said Captain Linda Gesell.

"She began hitting him," added Gesell. "Shortly after that (she took) a standard kitchen steak knife and stabbed him in the lower left side of his back."

Gesell believes alcohol combined with a recent breakup may have caused the 26-year-old to attack her ex.

"The two had previously been in a dating relationship for approximately nine years," said Gesell. "It was my understanding that it was broke off about a month and a half ago, however both still resided in the same residence."